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OG: Nole through to 2nd round

29. 07. 2012. · Reigning bronze medalist Novak Djokovic opened his London Olympics campaign with a 6-7(7), 6-2, 6-2 win over Italy’s Fabio Fognini on the second day of the Olympic tennis on Sunday.

Nole came back from a set down to seal his first victory in 1 hour and 52 minutes at All England Club, Wimbledon.

The match started with 2 hours delay because of heavy rain, and was suspended at 7-7 in the first set tie-breaker.

Djokovic first made a break for 5-3 lead. He earned a set point in the next game, but the Italian broke back and leveled at 5-all. Novak had one more set point in the 12th game, but the 65th ranked Fognini held for 6-6. The world no.2 missed his third set point opportunity at 7-6 in the tie-breaker, Fognini took the next three points and clinched the set 9-7.

Nole raised the level of his game in the second and third sets, made a double break in each and won them with the same score, 6-2.

“I haven’t played an official match since Wimbledon, so it took me a set and a half to really get into the rhythm and obviously the rain delay affected the game and I wasn’t sharp enough after it,” Novak said. “Fognini made some great winners and he was a set up. Then I had to be really focused for each game, try to break him and the second and third sets were really going my way.”